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A Deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren Circulated Saying Republicans Should Not Vote

February 20, 2023

In February 2023, a deepfake of Senator Elizabeth Warren circulated on social media in which doctored footage of her from an MSNBC interview had her claiming that she believes Republicans should not vote.
Alleged deployer
unnamed-deepfake-creator, tiktok, twitter
Alleged developer
unnamed-deepfake-creator
Alleged harmed parties
elizabeth-warren, msnbc, republicans, democrats, democracy, election-integrity, general-public

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/679

Data source

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